Virginia Beach BASH '16 Class Schedule v4 Weapons/Topics Key U= Unarmed R&D=Rapier and Dagger S= Smallsword F=Firearms A=Acting Saturday, April 2 DS=Double Stick (Arnis) BS=Broadsword S&S= Sword & Shield FP= Film Production DS=Double Sticks (Arnis) BA=Battle Axe R=Rapier W=Whip Q=Quarterstaff COA=Case of Rapiers WS=Walking Stick S&B=Sword and Buckler L=Lecture N= Nunchucks SiS=Single Sword MW=Mismatched Weapons SC= Sword Cane C=Car Q&A=Question & Answer SS=Smallsword K=Knife AU=Asian Unarmed CoS=Case of Sabres SE=Speical Effects Ka = Katana DD = Double Dagger FW = Foam Weapons V= Video GRS=Greco-Roman Sword EBR=Epee Bladed Rapier D=Demostration Time Venue/Space Instructor/Staff Title Weapons/Style Level 8:00 am to 8:30 am Lobby Kirkland & Interns Registration All Levels Camera Coverage Multi-Cam Single Cam Video Viewing 8:30 am to 8:45 am Main Theatre All Participants Introductions & Orientation All Levels 8:45 am to 9:00 am Main Theatre K. Mann Warm-ups All Participants 9:00 am to 9:15 am Armory Interns Weapons Check-Out 9:15 am to 10:45 am Main Theatre Chin Shaolin Staff Fighting Quarterstaff Beginner/Intermdiate Studio Theatre Kaleba Devil in the Details Single Sword (Epee Bladed Rapier) Inter. +/Advanced
COM 324 S. Mann Dangerous Smallsword Smallsword Intermediate/Advanced COM 125 Rushton Krav Defense for Knife Unarmed & Knife Intermediate/Advanced Screening Room A R. Clabaugh On Filming Action: How the Camera is Used to Capture Action and Tell the Fight Narrative FP Open Back Lot Girard, Ryan, Burke Prep for All Workshop Event TBA Stunt Team Only (No Students) 10:45 am to 11:00 am Armory Interns Weapons Check-In/Out 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Main Theatre Mann, K. Double Trouble: Rapier & Dagger Broadsword Beginner Studio Theatre Girard Haidong Kumdo: The Art of the Korean Sword Katana Intermediate
COM 324 Ryan, Clabaugh, & Assigned Staff "Berzerkers in Middle Earth" Part 1 Axe vs. Single-Hand Broadsword and Shield Inter./Adv. Student Directors have individual cameras on-hand; Mobile Single Camera, with monitor and playback COM 125 White "Draw 'Em If You Got 'Em": Handgun Draw Firearms Beginner/Open Side Lawn Anderson "Snap, Crackle, Pop": Whip Cracking for Beginners Whip Beginner 12:30 pm to 12:45 pm Armory Interns Weapons Check-In 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm LUNCH Girard, Ryan, Burke Stunt Team Preps for All Workshop Event Stunt Team Only 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm COM/ARTS BLDG LOBBY Girard, Ryan, R. Clabaugh & Staff Hot Set! The Director, Stunt-Coordinator, Stunt Performer Collaboration All workshop event Everyone Attends Multiple Cameras for coverage from mulitple angles 2:30 pm to 2:45 pm Armory Interns Weapons Check-Out
Main Theatre Rushton CORE-terstaff Quarterstaff Beginner Studio Theatre Kirkland "Geronimo!" Or Bound Apache Knife Duel Knife, Unarmed Beginner+/Intermediate COM 324 Ryan, R.Clabaugh, & Assigned Staff "Berzerkers in Middle Earth" Part 2 Axe vs. Single-Hand Broadsword and Shield Inter./Adv. Student Directors have individual cameras on-hand; Mobile Single Camera, with monitor and playback COM 125 Anderson SPR Choreography Session Various TBA COM 128 (possible move to hallway) Kaleba Aggressive Cuddling Unarmed Beginner +/Intermdiate
4:00 pm to 4:15 pm Armory Interns Weapons Check-In/Out 4:15 pm to 5:45 pm Main Theatre Chin Mismatched Weapons 1: Bastard vs. Rapier Broadsword, Rapier Intermediate/Advanced Studio Theatre S. Mann, K. Mann Double Stick to Double Sword Stick Fighting Beginner/Intermediate COM 324 Girard Fast and Furious (and Hard?) Unarmed Intermediate/Advanced COM 125 Anderson SPR Renewal Rehearsal Various TBA COM 128 White "The Gun Thief": Handgun and Long Gun Takeaways Unarmed, Firearms Beginner/Open Back Lot Rushton Bang! Bang! You're Dead but safe! Firearms Beginner Screening Room A R. and F. Clabaugh Editing Action: Putting the Puzzle Together Film Production (Editing) Multiple Levels Video Viewing 5:30 pm to 5:45 pm Armory Interns Weapons Check-In 5:45 pm to 6:15 pm TBA Staff Skills Proficiency Renewal Tests TBA TBA
6:15 pm to 7:30pm DINNER 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm Screeing Room A Staff Film/Viewing Panel Discussion (Behind the Scenes) V/ Q&A All Participants Video Viewing Sunday, April 3 8:00 am to 8:30 am Lobby Kirkland & Interns Registration All Levels 8:30 am to 8:45 am Main Theatre Hodge Warm-Ups All Participants 8:45 am to 9:00 am Armory Interns Weapons Check-Out All Participants 9:00 am to 10:30 am Main Theatre Anderson Tactical Firearms Maneuvers for Stage and Screen Firearms Intermediate/Advanced Studio Theatre Chin The Emporer Strikes Back!: Kung Fu Film Fighting with Michael Chin UA Beginner/Intermediate Single Camera with monitor & playback COM 324 Ryan "Enguard in Asgard": Bearded Axe! Axe & Unarmed Beginner/Intermediate
COM 125 Kirkland Smallsword and the Non-Dominant Hand: "Or, the Ole Slap and Grab" Smallsword Intermediate COM 128 Kaleba Twenty Trenched Gashes Special Effects Open Side Lawn Mann Bullwhip Whip Adjusted per demand Screening Room A Clabaugh, R & F Editing Action: Part 2 (Challenges in Editing) FP Multiple Levels Video Viewing 10:30 am to 10:45 am Armory Interns Weapons Check-In/Out 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Main Theatre Kaleba "Death in the Afternoon": Sword & Shield and Quarterstaff Sword & Shield and Quarterstaff Inter./Advanced Studio Theatre Girard & Clabaugh, R. Single Sword for Camera: "Or, Can you do that a little tighter, please?" Single Sword (epee blades) Beginner/Intermediate Single Cam, with playback and monitor
COM 324 Mann, K. Medieval Broadsword Basics Broadsword Beginner/Intermediate COM 125 Ryan "React, React, React": Or,Taking the Hit! Various Beginner/Intermediate COM 128 White "Reload the Action": Dynamic Reloads Firearms Intermediate Back Lot Anderson/Rushton Bang! Bang! You're Dead but safe! Firearms Beginner 12:15 pm to 12:30 pm Armory Interns Weapons Check-In 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm LUNCH 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Screening Room A Ryan, Clabaugh & Staff "Berzerkers in Middle Earth" Part 3 (Viewing of Rough Cuts) Viewing with Analysis All Workshop Event Video Viewing
2:30 pm to 2:45 pm Armory Interns Weapons Check-Out 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm Main Theatre S. Mann & K. Mann Case of Rapiers Rapiers Intermediate/Advanced Studio Theatre Ryan Pre Viz the Action Film Production Intermediate COM 324 Chin Get to the Point! Smallsword Intermediate/Advanced Back Lot White "Bloody Good Entry: Tactical Room Entry Unarmed & Firearms Intermediate+ 4:15pm to 4:30 pm Armory Interns Weapons Check-In/Out 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm Main Theatre Staff The Brawl Ridiculous and Shield Scrum Spectacular Shields, Rubber Knives, FW All workshop event 5:15pm to 5:30 pm Armory Interns Weapons Check-In/Out
5:30 pm to 6:00 pm Main Theatre All Staff Q & A, Raffle, and Wrap! (Goodbyes & Photos) Q&A All workshoop event
Note: It is strongly urged that students bring a pair of leather guantlets, or unlined leather workgloves, for hand protection. They can be purchased at a modest price at Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, or K-Mart. Knee and elbow pads are also recommended. Class Description All participants engage mind and body by participating in mild stretching and a little cardio to warm up the body in preparation for the day's activity. Staff and spear fighting with Northern Shaolin Kung Fu applications. Students will be atuaght martial arts techniques as they apply to staff fighting. Short form and long form fighting techniques will be explored. The poor single sword offers more than stock routines, fluffy swashbuckling, and generic technique. This class will take the familiar sabre up to speed, exploring a more full picture of the possiblity of the weapon on stage. This calss will moeve quickly and cover a lot of space, so students should be comfortable with a sword in their hands.
Heard of the smallsword but never tried it? Seen the cool pictures with the gentlemen with tricorn hats? Join us and get to know this challenging and exciting weapon. Explore the footwork, parries, and other foundation concepts of this beautiful discipline, and lean to blur the line between delicate and deadly. This is not a stage combat class. This is straight up self-defense. Exploration of some basic Krav techniques against knife attacks. Every fight must tell a story. This class explores a variety of technical means for enhancing action and narrative via in and out of camera techniques as well as post production strategies an software applications. This is a preparation period for Stunt Rigging. No student participation. A basic exploration of the system of doublefence. This class will touch upon many of the fundamentals necessary to safe and effective rapier & dagger play: footwork, cut, thrust, parry, and proper fightting distance (measure). This class focuses on Korean swordsmanship as derived from Japanese Kendo; sleek, sharp, and light--the sword, in the hands of a trained swordsman was not only a beautiful work of art, it was a deadly one as well.
The first of a three class sequence integrating actor/combatants and filmmakers. In this class performers will be taught a fight combination. Directors, DPs and Camera Ops will confer with Director Richard Clabaugh on shot strategies, and develop a shot list for session 2. Handgun draw from all positions and on the move. We will draw the gun with a dynmaic action and body posture to sell the shot. If the character needs to look legit, this is it. We will draw from a standing, kneeling, and prone position. Like to know how to crack a whip? Or like to practice doing it smoothly, consistently, and effortlessly? Come play with us! This All-Workshop-Event will feature a tour of the set, lecture and explation of rigging, and will involve the filming of an action sequence. All of the above will be be cordinated by Dale Girard, Richard Ryan, and Paul Burke. It will feature stunt-rigging, safeties, exposure to set protocols, and will be filmed by a team of camera ops under the direction of Richard Clabaugh.
Welcome to the exciting world of quarterstaff fighting! Learn to handle the weapon with ease while using your core to maneuver the stick into ssccessful attacks and parries. Different historical staff styles will be covered as well as a few Hollywood tricks just for fun. Participants will be exposed to fundamental movement improv concepts such as block, redirect, flow, centering, partnered centering, as well as basic knife cuts, cut patterns, thrusts, and targets. The class culminates in with participants being bound at the wrist to a partner and then choreographing a sequence where there is a struggle to get to a knife, and then a bound-at-the-wrist knife fight. The second of a three class sequence integrating actor/combatants and filmmakers. In this class performers will be taught a fight combination. Directors, DPs and Camera Ops will confer with Director Richard Clabaugh on shot strategies and a clear narrative to be communicated through the fight. An SAFD Certified Teacher guides those wishing to do a Skills Proficiency Renewal through review and learning new SPR choreography Interesting unarmed fights rarely take place in open, empty stages. This class will take the core Unarmed SPT curriculum and smash it against a wall or two, while exploring ways to keep things safe and effecive at higher speeds and closer quarters.
Most training tends be within the context of the both combatants working with the same weapon(s); yet many theatrical and cinematic fights require the combatants to work with differing weapons/forms. In this course you will be introduced to principles and practices that will prepare you for such situations. Exciting and fun double-stick patterns used to choreograph amazing sequences with Double Sword. Explore the world of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. This class introduces Asian Martial techniques including, strikes, kicks, blocks, and transports. Transferal of engergy will be contingent upon the experience of participants. A Certified Teacher coaches participants preparing to take SPRs When you're out of ammo or have no gun, steal one from the bad guy! We will explore the actor disarming the bad guy and engaging the enemy while looking real. We will look at real-world industry techniques and applying them to the scene. Guns are both common and the most dangerous weapons used in stage and film today. Come learn the challenges and benefits of using the ones that don't require a license. This class will explore a variety of editing techniques that can be utilized to produce, maintain, and even enhance the excitement inherent in the narrative contained in an action sequence. SPR participants perform fights/receive response from an SAFD Fight Master.
Staff Instructors that have served as fight directors, sword masters, and stunt coordinators on major motion pictures show film clips, pre-viz, and discuss the challenges of staging and filming action. All participants engage mind and body by participating in mild stretching and a little cardio to warm up the body in preparation for the day's activity. In order to play a character who knows how to handle a gun for real, YOU need to know how to hanlde a gun for real. Come learn the tactical applications most commonly used in today's stories: loaded weapon check, proper hold and stance, muzzle discipline, malfunction clearing, tactical team carry, room clearing, and full auto "ranger retreats". Fight Master Michael Chin will introduce participants to several of the basic principles of Shaolin-oriented unarmed fighting for the camera. Refine your chops and wreak havoc in this exploration of the various offensive and defensive actions associated with the versatile Viking bearded axe.
Smallsword attacks utilize the point, almost to exclusivity of other parts of the blade and the non-dominant hand. This class will put focus on the hand that doesn't have the pointy object in it, and how it can be used not only for defense, but for offense as well. Since the origin of the theatre, blood has never been out of fashion. We'll make a mess as we go through a design process for blood effects and explore the possibilities and problems with practical effects, from throat slits to exploding cats. Demo followed by bullwhip cracks, wraps, and precision cutting. If advanced, we'll move into multiple cracks, advanced wraps and cutting work. Utilizing the footage shot during the "Berzerkers are at the Shoalin Temple!" class, participants will be able to edit their work with a focus on structure, enhancing action, overcoming time limitations and capturing emotions as well as action. Action footage will be provided for anyone who did not get to shoot during the Berzerkers class. Why go into battle without a portable wall? And why get slcose when you can stay comfortably away? This class will enter the coliseum to pit the distance tactics of the thsuting spear against the pointed tank of the sword and shield. Many single sword phrases must take place within the confinements of the framed shot. This class will explore Single Sword technique, adapted for the camera,with a particular focus on keeping the action framed.
A basic class in the theatrical style of broadsword. Body mechanics and swordplay knowledge for everything from theatre classics to contemporary film. The class will touch upon many of the fundamentals necsarray for safe and effective execution of broadsword play, including: footwork, proper, distance, targeting, cuts, and thrusts. Executing dramatically viable attacks is only half of the story. What about when you are the victim? When the attacks lands, how do you react? Do audiences feel your pain? In this class we give special focus to acting the techniques, and use of physical specificity and breath to tell the story...of pain! When it looks bad for the hero just remember you can't keep a good actor down. We will look at dynamic reloads for nail biting intensity in a scene. Nothing better than doing a good reload in a scene. Guns are both common and the most dangerous weapons used in stage and film today. Come learn the challenges and benefits of using the ones that don't require a license. This is the final class of a three class sequence but is open to the entire workshop. Come and watch as we view the rough cuts, as direceted, shot, and edited by student participants who shot a fight staged by SAFD FM Richard Ryan and Professional Stunt Performer Paul Burke. Clips will be viewed and immediate notes/observations offered by staff.
Derived from the principles of Morozzo and Di Grassi, this class focused on the practical aspects of the double-weapon duel and expands the techniques to the theatrical arena. PreVisualization is now the common approach in TV and Film. This allows the Stunt/Fight Coordinator to present his vision for the action/fight/stunt to the director/dp/lead actor, etc. in advance of shooting; both to get approval and feedback. This class will explore the techniques to help make your demo fight work on film (or iphone). Bring your phone! The sword reached the zenith of its evolution with the advent of the smallsword. The controversey viz. the effectiveness of the cut versus the thrust had been resolved in favor of the thrust. This class will explore the ornate and intricate use of the point. We will be doing dynamic room entries SAS style! It's time to do itl like the Brits. This will be room entries for hostage rescue. It will be fast and dynamic. It will be taught with real world intensity to apply to the film. This one is very motivating for you adrenaline junkies! Combatants make use of shields, rubber knives, and foam noodles as they collide in a desperate (and silly) fight to the finish. There can be only one!
All participants have an opportunity to ask questions of the teaching staff and ask about additional training opportunities.